Forest Grove 35, Benson 6: Sophomore Taylor Jensen had two touchdown passes, junior Cody Fletcher returned an interception 56 yards for a score, and the Vikings (1-0) made easy work of the Techmen (0-1) at Marshall High School in Southeast Portland.

Jensen looked poised and confident in his first varsity action, completing 7 of his first 9 passes for 82 yards. His six-yard toss to senior Ethan Thursam put the Vikings on the scoreboard less than five minutes in, and the two hooked up again for a 10-yard score later in the quarter.

"It was my line -- they did a great job. I had all the time in the world back there," said Jensen, who acknowledged he was nervous leading up to kickoff. "My receivers ran great routes, my line did great. I couldn't ask for a better team."

The Vikings' offense started with a bang when senior Gio Tayetto took a handoff on the first play from scrimmage and ran 68 yards for an apparent touchdown, but the play was erased by a holding call. Tayetto, in fact, had two more touchdowns wiped out by penalties before finally scoring on a one-yard run that made it 35-0 late in the third quarter.

"They keep on calling it back, I'll just go do it again," said Tayetto, who finished with 148 yards on 17 carries and dedicated the performance to his mother, who is sick and wasn't able to attend the game.

Senior Zac Collins, in a supposed timeshare with Jensen at quarterback, took only a handful of snaps under center, but one of those he ran in from four yards out to made it 21-0 just before halftime. Collins saw most of his action at wide receiver, and he made two highlight-reel catches along the sideline.

Sophomore Benjamin Gilmore had a eight-yard touchdown run to get Benson on the board late in the fourth quarter. But the Techmen, coming off a winless season, botched the snap on the extra point, a fitting end to a frustrating night.